vision to requirements - a soft landing - workshop @ converge, pune
DESCRIPTION
This presentation was used during a workshop I conducted at Converge Pune. This provides a gradual approach to moving from Vision statement to detail requirements without missing details and while ensuring a send of priority and sequence. This is an adaptation of Story Mapping process to suit any development methodology.TRANSCRIPT
- Pankaj Kanchankar
CONVERGE
MoviNG FROM VISION TO REQUIREMENT- A SOFT landing- BUSINESS ANALYST/ PROJECT MANAGER
@pkanchankar
For the case study given
At your table write requirements / stories
Exercise (10 mins)
Missing the Woods?
LETS TRY FOR A SOFT LANDING
PERSONAS, ROLES and goals
What do I want to do?
How will you support my goals?
Who am I?
Karen | 30 | secretary |fashion conscious |
lives in Surbiton| forgetful
“I’m going on holiday to California tomorrow. I want to
buy travel insurance”
Quickly help me buy travel insurance
Enter minimal details | provide
quick quote | save quote |
comprehensive quote if interested
Chris | 24 | Student | part time DJ | lives
with girlfriend | drives performance car |
web savy
“Car insurance is so expensive, and
getting someone to quote me is hard. I
want to know quickly if I’m going
to get a good quote”
Let me download claim forms | Let me monitor my
claim on-line
Sara | 22 | recruitment
consultant | seeks advice | internet
‘lingerer’
“I crashed my car on the way to work.
We’ve swapped addresses, now to
claim on the insurance…”
How important am
I?
PERSONA
Jenny inherited the Debt Chasers business from her father in 1980.
Business has been steady over the last few years, but now things seem to be
going a bit awry. She is concerned that at the current rate her pension fund will
be seriously impacted if the business does not turn around soon. She is also concerned about the 40 people that she employs – what will happen to them if
the business goes under.
She has spoken to the bank manager – and if she can prove that there is a
financial case for investment they would be happy to extend her a line of credit.
Her calculations prove to her that to make the business profitable she needs
to cut costs by 20%.
Managing Director: Jenny Polson
LETS GET HIGH GROUNDS COVERED
User GoalsWhat is the Goal/ Objective of this Persona?
What is she trying to achieve?
IDENTIFY personas for your case and list goals of one or two personas
10 Mins
LETS GET DOWN A LITTLE INTO THE DETAILS
ActivitiesWhat are the Activities this Persona do to achieve this Goal?
Are these activities – ■Sequential?■Equally important?
IDENTIFY ACTIVITIES FOR THE GOALS IDENTIFIED 10 mins
ARE ALL ACTIVITIES PART OF THE System ?
Any duplicates?
LETS GET INTO ALL THE DETAILS…
TasksWhat are the Tasks this Persona do to complete this Activity?
Are these tasks – ■Sequential?■Equally important?■Duplicate?
IDENTIFY TASKS FOR THESE ACTIVITIES10 mins
ARE ALL TASKS PART OF OUR SySTEM?
Any duplicates?
NOW!WRITE REQUIREMENTS…
10 mins
WHAT DID WE LEARN?
How does it feel?Compared to earlier method how is this
better?Did we miss any stories?Anything else?
SAMPLE STORY MAP
STORY MAPPING BEST PRACTICES
• Keep stakeholders engaged
• Use Scenarios to drive conversations for Activities and Tasks
• Keep consistent level of detail
STORY MAPPING BEST PRACTICES
• Merge personas if activities are similar
• Merge duplicate activities, tasks
• Tasks can lead to one or more Stories / requirements
STORY MAPPING BEST PRACTICES
• Follow an order • Top to bottom for Priority• Left to Right for Sequence
• User Color codes for Roles, Goals, Activities and Tasks
• Take lots of notes – you will get lot of additional information
• Even if its out of scope
RELEASE PLANNING AND STORY MAP
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